GE PACSystems RXi User Manual

Chapter 4. ConfigurationGFK-2816F August 2015 654.2.8 Assigning IO-Device NamesAfter the PNS and third-party IO-Devices on the LAN have been entered into theconfiguration, the Discovery and Configuration Protocol (DCP) tool in Proficy Machine Editionmust be used to assign a name to each IO-Device. This step is required before downloadingthe configuration from the PNC, or the PNC will be unable to connect to the devices anddeliver their configuration.The programmer must be connected to the RXi Controller system and the LAN and itsdevices must be installed.To open the DCP tool, right-click the hardware configuration containing the PROFINETIO-Controller and choose Launch Discovery Tool from the menu.Use the Connection dropdown list to select the computer port being used by the programmerto communicate with the RXi system:The choices should match the windows network setting in the computer’s network controlpanel.In the DCP tool, use the LAN list to select the configured LAN to validate the results against.Once a LAN is selected, click Refresh Device List to display a list of actual devices on theLAN. Each device can be in one of three states as indicated by the symbol in the Statuscolumn:indicates that the actual Device’s Name, IP address, subnet, gateway matches theconfigured Device of the same Name residing on the selected LAN.indicates that the actual Device’s Name matches, but the IP address, subnet, orgateway doesn't match the configured Device of the same Name residing on the selectedLAN.indicates that the actual Device’s Name does not match any configured Deviceresiding on the selected LAN. Either there is no device name configured in the system, or thatname is on a different LAN.